This is the most comprehensive survey in many years of the work of one of the 20th century's greatest artists, Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Published to celebrate the centennial of his birth, the book accompanies an exhibition jointly organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Kunsthaus Zurich. The Swiss-born Giacometti was a ...
One of the essential artists of our time, Cy Twombly is known primarily for his paintings, but his less well known sculptural oeuvre is an important dimension of his work as an artist. This large-format publication reveals his extensive body of sculptural work Inspired by Kurt Schwitters, Giacometti, and Surrealist object art, some of his early ...
The Italian-Swiss painter Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899) was once hailed as an innovator, prophet, and revolutionary, and in one obituary, a critic called him a "Seccession in his own right." Yet Segantini has been largely Forgotten outside of a few specialists, and his presence in art history, especially in America, has diminished considerably. ...
Sculptors have long been fascinated, even seduced, by the possibilities of the human body. From classical Greece's "Doryphoros" to Michelangelo's "David," the nude has captivated artists and viewers alike with its simplicity and power. One of the most arresting interpreters of the human form is Alberto Giacometti (1901-66), renowned for haunting ...
In Britain he was known as the "Wild Swiss", but was nevertheless seen as a British artist: Henry Fuseli, born Johann Heinrich Fussli in 1741 and educated in Zurich. After publishing a pamphlet against a corrupt local governor, who was consequently chased out of town, Fuseli was forced to emigrate and settled 1764 in London. He became a member of ...
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